@AceChampElite @timstillman_ The only wasted time was the ref booking Bompastor twice for losing her head. Yet somehow Chelsea got the benefit of the added time for that.
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Zak Howells
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@ZakHowells @timstillman_ As soon as they scored I new 1 minute would magically turn into 3 minutes added
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@LTRacing_ Having a false 9 just completely kills of so many avenues of attack. No point crossing the ball, middle of the park completely clogged up against a back 3, put this in the bin.
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Normally more positive than most when it comes to England but this has been really, really bad
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@henrywinter Foden better elsewhere? By elsewhere I assume you mean the bench or not in the squad fullstop?
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If England are without Kane at any point at the World Cup (God forbid) … why not try out now a real No 9 like Solanke, rather than a false one like Foden (who’s better elsewhere)? Or look at Rashford or Gordon, who can both play through the middle. #ENG
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@jorgamble17 @alexmoneypenny The amount of ground those two cover is immense. Add in Bellingham or Rogers and wow, thats a midfield that gets everywhere.
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@ZakHowells @alexmoneypenny He’s exactly the best profile next to rice in the double pivot too
Think this will work out very well in the states
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@jorgamble17 @alexmoneypenny Couldn't agree more. Think Anderson has been unfairly pigeonholed as being a defensive midfielder only (I certainly thought that before seeing him properly for England) but he has real quality about him.
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@ZakHowells @alexmoneypenny People say wharton’s a better passer (which may be true) but anderson’s passing isn’t worse enough to the point where it warrants him being dropped
He’s much more better OOP than wharton too
No brainer for tuchel
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@FootballCliches Would like to see England put a ball in behind every now and then, stretch the defence.
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Would like to see England just move the ball a bit quicker
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@gunnerpunner So poor tracking back with Mitoma as well. Has to just take that on himself and mark him. Would've easily cut that out.
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@bezza_TRFC @Rory_Talks_Ball Id say keep and invest in auto offsides and only use VAR for off ball incidents and fights that a ref may not be able to properly see. Anything else is left alone.
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@Rory_Talks_Ball Imo we should keep automated offsides providing they can limit the time taken, but bin off VAR.
No need to send a subjective decision to another official who'll vue it subjectivity and then proceed to debate it with the onfield official.
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These numbers are absolutely damning
Any other industry if you had customer feedback this negative on a new product/feature there would be bedlam internally working to fix it
Yet with football, we just seem stuck with it, effectively being told:
“Yeah you think you don’t like it but actually you do like it and you just need to realise that”
Henry Winter@henrywinter
Premier League fans deliver damning verdict on VAR. 75% of 7,946 fans polled by the Football Supporters’ Association “didn’t support the use of VAR”. Too long, too forensic, too much of a joy killer, fans say. Findings shared with Premier League and PGMO. 92% of fans surveyed “agreed” that “VAR has removed the spontaneous joy of goal celebrations” (82% of them “strongly agreed”). 85% of match-going fans “strongly disagreed” with the notion that “VAR makes watching football more enjoyable”. And 83% of those watching on TV. 85% of match-going fans “strongly disagreed” that “VAR decisions are generally resolved in a reasonable amount of time”. Echoed by 83% of those watching on TV. Only 18% agreed that “VAR has improved the overall accuracy of refereeing decisions”. 72% are “concerned about the expansion of VAR beyond its current remit”. 79% “strongly disagreed” with the suggestion “that the match-going experience is better with VAR”. 67% “strongly agreed” that they preferred “watching games that are played without VAR to games with VAR”. 84% “strongly support” goal-line technology. 34% “strongly opposed” to the idea of a challenge system (two per game per team). “These findings back up the FSA's previous survey in 2021, where fans expressed misgivings about the introduction of VAR,” says Thomas Concannon, @WeAreTheFSAPremier League network manager. “The vast majority are reporting the same concerns five years on - the loss of spontaneity when celebrating goals, and an overall worsening of the match-going experience. We have shared the survey results with the Premier League and PGMO, and look forward to discussing its findings with them.” Fans surveyed of all PL clubs and all ages (Under-18 to 65+).
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@FootballCliches I cant help but feel like we were very close to an actual Keys quote about the pod considering Oliver Brown's own point about podcasts.
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Tuesday's Clichés episode will be me, alone, reading out Oliver Brown's absolutely deranged interview with Richard Keys, word for word.
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Players now just getting second yellow cards and not being sent off.
It’s only a friendly after all.
Paddy Power@paddypower
Someone could clothesline an opposing player and VAR wouldn’t get involved because it’s a friendly.
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Jesus christ he fully gave Ugarte a yellow but didn't send him off
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I cannot stand football pundits being overly kind. Stop pretending like Foden is going to be a big player for England at the world cup. Dont avoid saying Palmer has had a down season. Be honest ffs.
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@gunnerpunner Agreed. One of the angles showed on TV seemed like a stride or two earlier and he had loads of the goal to aim at. Not brilliant from him.
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I think the mistake Kai made was not hitting the ball earlier. Looked like the stride before this was the one. Trafford does really well here to rush out and make himself big. The finish is fine - it’s not a bad miss. You just need to take your chances in big games.
DailyAFC@DailyAFC
Agonising. ❌😫
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@TomCantonMedia So I disagree strongly. For the last 20 minutes of that first half it felt like we barely had the ball and every time they attacked down the right Hincapie was at sea. Would've been a sign of intent to bring him on and go for it.
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@ZakHowells I don’t think so, not at 0-0 having edged the first half.
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This is why Arsenal lost.
Granted we didn’t have an Eze or an Odegaard.
But it’s on the manager to change things to combat it (that’s not necessarily sub btw). Nothing changed and it wasn’t fixed.
Was brilliant from Pep, but I’d bet he was shocked it worked for so long.
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